Alpha-Catenin

(All numbering and residues are taken from first PDB file)

Bending Residue Dihedral Analysis

Residue
i
Residue
i+1
Distance of hinge axis to residue i in conformer 1
(A)
Distance of hinge axis to residue i in conformer 2
(A)
Change in psi (i)
(deg)
Change in phi (i+1)
(deg)
Angle of psi(i) axis to hinge axis conformer 1
(deg)
Angle of psi(i) axis to hinge axis conformer 2
(deg)
Percentage Progress
 THR-136   ARG-137  8.0 8.2 -1.3 10.9 49.3 48.9 -38.2
 ARG-137   LEU-138  6.0 6.2 0.3 -0.9 130.7 125.8 4.4
 LEU-138   LEU-139  3.4 3.8 -10.8 2.8 46.6 46.4 34.6
 LEU-139   ILE-140  6.8 7.1 3.4 -6.3 136.2 141.4 3.6

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Graph shows rotational transition at bending residues and can be used to identify hinge bending residues.
Probably only informative for interdomain rotations greater than 20 degrees